Adolf surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Adolf surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 830 people carried this name — #28,704 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 797 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

158 people named Adolf have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 244 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Opole 66
Masovian 38
Silesian 27
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 10
Lesser Poland 7
Lubusz 4
Łódź 4
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 150 people named Adolf.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 80
Moselle 20
Haut-Rhin 13
Paris 5
Dordogne 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Vosges 2
Côte-d’Or 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 111 people named Adolf live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 76
Entre Ríos 13
Formosa 12
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

53 people named Adolf live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 21
St. Gallen 7
Zurich 7
Aargau 6
Neuchâtel 6
Thurgau 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Adolf,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilhelm Adolf d. 1999 · luger
  • Karel Josef Adolf 1715–1771 · chamberlain
  • Karl Adolf 1844–1896 · writer
  • Sara Riwka Adolf 1865–1940
  • Clara Hammerschlag 1870–1942
  • Gustav Adolf 1872–1943

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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